Some films leave me with memories lasting for years. Hamnet will be one of those
In the cinema, something can happen that makes you feel you’ve developed an entirely new personality in two hours
Greta Gerwig
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George Clooney interview: ‘I’m not a guy who lives with regret’
The actor wasn’t a star until he was in his 30s. It let him make his mistakes before he got famous – unlike Jay Kelly, the A-lister he plays in his new film
Hi-yah! Miss Piggy was one of my most hostile interviewees. Now she’s in line for the Barbie treatment
Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone are joining forces on a porcine production. Expect a postmodern jamboree peopled by the industry’s slickest and shiniest
Alex Ross Perry on his Pavement documentary: ‘The concept was an absurd notion that this band would ever go gold or platinum’
Stephen Malkmus, the frontman of indie rock’s least-bothered legacy act, had just one stipulation for the film: that it be ‘confusing and weird’. The result is indeed slanted and enchanted
Magic movies: The 25 best comedies of the past 25 years – in reverse order
From Borat to Banshees of Inisherin, here’s the best comedies from the last 25 years
How CS Lewis’s Irish childhood influenced the Chronicles of Narnia
The author of the classic children’s stories left Belfast as a boy, but his homeland remained a powerful force in his imagination
Oscars 2026: Will Hamnet with Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley get a best picture nomination?
It might be early, but we’re betting on these 10 movies getting the all-important Oscars nod next year
The Movie Quiz: Barbie director Greta Gerwig is to adapt which series of novels for Netflix?
Plus: How many of the Alien films has Sigourney Weaver appeared in?
The Music Quiz: Radiohead side project The Smile took their name from a poem by whom?
Plus: Which David Bowie song did Greta Gerwig choose to take with her on Desert Island Discs?
Taylorwatch: Dublin pub says ‘great to welcome’ Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce after three Aviva gigs
The weekend-long celebration of Swiftness has passed but the memories remain
Cannes 2024: Kevin Costner’s epic sprawl, Julianne Moore’s return and Kermit’s green coat
Cannes Diary: First three-hour instalment of Costner’s old-school western is confounding; Kinds of Kindness may be Yorgos Lanthimos’s weakest film
Cannes 2024 Movie Quiz Special: How many women have won the Palme d’Or for directing?
Test your movie mastery with our 2024 Cannes film festival special quiz
Cannes 2024 opens with tears, #MeToo, a Palme d’Or for Meryl Streep and plenty of Irish
Cannes Diary: Juliette Binoche was choked up, Meryl Steep was classy and Greta Gerwig didn’t hold back
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